The Court of Appeal have ruled that the suit by Sisters in Islam (SIS) to seek a judicial review against the fatwa (edict) which declared that they are a deviant group will be heard by the High Court before a different judge.

"The Court of Appeal... has now sent the matter back to the High Court to be heard on the merits before a different judge," said SIS' lawyer Surendra Ananth to reporters after the decision was delivered in Putrajaya today.